Field-gate.



Patented Aug. l2, I902.

C. P. NILES.

FIELD GATE.

(Application filed. Dec. 30, '1901.

(No Model.)

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLEVLAND 1; N LEs, OF OHINOOK, MONTANA.

FIELD-GATE.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent nogvoaesanatea August 12, 1902.

Application filed December 30, 1901- Serial No. 871796. (No model.)

T0 60% whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, OLEVLAND P. NILEs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chinook, in the county of Choteau and State of Montana, have invented a new and useful Field-Gate, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in gates.

The object of the present invention is to im-' prove the construction of swinging gates, more especially the means for operating the same and for controlling the latch and to pro vide a simple and comparatively inexpensive construction capable of enabling a gate tobe opened and closed at a distance from either side of it and adapted to cause the gate to swing away from the operator in opening,

whereby the gate is prevented from striking;

an animal.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully, described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a gate constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view illustrating the arrangement of the operating cords or ropes. Fig. 3 is a detail view illustrating the construction of the latch.

Like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures of thedraw 1ngs.

1 designates a swinging gate whichjmay be constructed in any desired manner andwhich is provided at its inner or rear end with an upright 2, having upper and lower journals arranged in suitable bearings. The lower journal is stepped in a suitablesocket or bear ing at the bottom of the gate, and the upper journal 3, which may consist of a rod, extends to central bearings 4 of a frame 5. The frame 5 consists of uprights 6 and a top connectingpiece 7, which extends a suitable distance beyond the gate at each side thereof: The uprights are bifurcated at their upper ends to receive operating-levers 8, disposed transversely of the roadway and provided at their front ends with depending handle-ropes 9, having suitable grips or handles at their lower tion of the latch.

ends; but rods or any other suitable devices may be employed for this purpose.

The rear ends of the operating-levers are connected to the outer ends of operating cords or ropes 10, which extend downward to suitable guides 11, mounted on the uprights substantially in the same plane as the top of the gate. The said cords or ropes 10 extend from the guides 11 to the gate and cross each other at the back of a horizontal disk or plate 12 and extend around the opposite sides thereof to the front of the same, the disk or plate beingprovided with a peripheral groove to receive the cords or ropes. The front terminals of the cords or ropes are connected with a loop 13 of a connecting wire or rod 14 and are provided with stops 15, consisting, preferably, of knots or buttons arranged in opposite recesses 16 of the disk or plate and adapted to allow a limited movement of the cords may consist of a single continuous cord.

The loop 13, which is oblong, is composed of. two parallel sides arranged at opposite sides of a projection or finger 17 of the gate, which prevents any lateral movement of the loop sufficient to interfere with the opera- The connecting rod or wire 14 is secured to the upper end of the latch, which consists of an upright spring secured to the front of the gate and extending above the same. The lower end of the latch 18 is enlarged to offset its upper portion from the front bar of the gate, and the upper portion of the latch is adapted to engage a keeper 19 of a m'ainlatch-post 20 and supplemental keepers 21 of auxiliary latch-posts 22. The supplemental or auxiliary latch-posts 22 are located between the uprights and the gate, and their keepers are adapted to be engaged by the gate when the latter is open.

The operating-levers are oscillated in opposite directions, and when one of 'them is drawn downward to open the gate the other is swung upward by its operating cord or rope, and after the operator has-passed through the gateway the elevatedoperating-lever is swung downward to close the gate.

The upright 2 of the gate is extended above tending from the gate, a connecting device.

extending from the latch and having a loop receiving the finger, a disk or plate connected with the gate, and operating cords or ropes arranged on the disk or plate and connected with the loop, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a swinging gate having a latch and provided with a finger projecting upward from its upper edge, a connecting-rod extending along the top of the gate from the latch and provided with an 0blong loop arranged at the rear'portion of the gate and receiving the finger, a disk or plate mounted on the gate in rear of the loop, operating cords or ropes arranged on the disk or plate and connected with the loop, and means for limiting the movement of the cords or ropes independently of the disk or plate, substantially as described.

3. The combination of a swinging gate having a latch, a disk or plate mounted on the gate and provided at opposite sides thereof with recesses, operating cords or ropes extending around the disk or plate and capable of movement independently thereof, and provided with stops extending into'the said recesses and adapted to engage the end walls thereof, means for connecting the operating cords or ropes with the latch, and means for actuating the cords or ropes, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

CLEVLAND P. NILES.

Witnesses:

W. B. SANDS, EDWD. A. MARRIOTT. 

